About Me

  • About Me: "Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." - E.L. Doctorow --- May my writing and theatre be always oxymoronic and schizophrenic and sometimes socially acceptable.

College

  • School Name: Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Status: Undergrad
  • Class of: 2012
  • Attended: 2008 - 2012
  • Major(s): English - Writing
  • Organizations: RHA, Titan TV, ORL, IWU Madrigals

Television

  • Favorite Shows: House M.D., Doctor Who

Books

  • Favorite Books: Harry Potter, Inkheart, The Thief Lord, Pride and Prejudice, Bloody Jack, Shakespeare Stealer, The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Wicked, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Walk Two Moons...etc.
  • Favorite Authors: J.K. Rowling, L.A. Meyer, Cornelia Funke, Diane Wynne Jones, Sharon Creech...
  • Favorite Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Sci-Fi...everything, really.
  • Favorite Characters: Don't get me started.
  • Favorite Quotes: "Well," said James, appearing to deliberate the point, "it's more the face that he /exists/, if you know what I mean..." "The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." --Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
  • Recent Reads: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (re-read), Coraline

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean, The Princess Bride, Lilo and Stitch, Harry Potter, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Casablanca, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Love Actually, A Knight's Tale, ALL Disney movies...
  • Favorite Actors: Orlando Bloom, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Hugh Jackman, Alan Rickman, Johnny Depp, Jason Isaacs, Keira Knightly, Harrison Ford, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Chenoweth...
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and take a look around once in a while, you could miss it." -Ferris Bueller "We're on a mission from God." -The Blues Brothers "Here's lookin' at you, kid." -Casablanca
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Phantom of the Opera, A Knight's Tale, Ferris Bueller's Day Off...

Travel

  • Places I love: London, Edinburgh, Chicago
  • Places I've been: California, Washington D.C., Hershey, PA, Arizona, Mexico, London, Edinburgh, Springfield, IL...
  • Places to see before I die: France, Australia

High School

  • School Name: Loyola Academy
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2008
  • Attended: 2004 - 2008
  • Organizations: Thespian Troupe, Creative Writing Club

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Bri, Anna, Anna Banana, Captain Bri, Gabby...
  • Heroes: Too many to count.
  • Interests: Theatre, reading, writing, Harry Potter, movies, music, poetry, speaking French, singing, camping, acting (on stage), movie/song/book/play quoting, knitting, etc.
  • Expertise: I am an expert on Milton Hershey, chocolate, chocolate eating, the Medieval Era, chivalry, romance, mythology, books, Harry Potter, School Thespian Troupe, "Dead Man Walking," "Wicked", creative writing, "The Laramie Project", "High School Musical", "Pride and Prejudice", "Into the Woods," playwriting...etc.
  • Occupation: Other - Student/Writer/Actor/Starving Artist
  • Industry: Other
  • Website: www.xanga.com/sodashing90

Contact Info

  • AIM: SoDashing1990